Arp Odyssey With the MK3 At GForceSoftware

We let Dave from GForce Software - look at the ARP Odyssey reboot we have in for review, this is what he thought. Full review coming soon

[olaljungars]

"This is the ARP Odyssey" (showing a frankenstein led version).
Made me smile, thanks.

[chrishack]

Billy Currie, John Foxx and the other bugger Gary Numan, they not only introduced me to the Odyssey but to the whole world of Synthesizers.
Thanks guys and thanks Sonicstate you are all stars in my eyes!

[kvfive]

1st class review, best I've seen so far. Someone who knows what their on about makes a huge difference. I think it's a little pricey at the moment, definitely want one eventually though. Thanks for the review Dave S.

[Chevytravelleruk]

Finally we get to see it in the hands of someone who properly knows the instrument. Best video of this synth so far by a country mile.. can't wait for the full review

[Psychlist]

Great demo, Dave. Your classic ARP (plus all the snow outside here) has put me in the mood for Christmas again :)

[Dogboy]

The Korg Odyssey video we've been waiting on. Dave nails it whilst also offering easily the best demo yet (by FAR) we've heard of this thing. We hardly heard it at all from NAMM (apart from the shortest demos ever of the filter modes & overdrive thing) & the Korg event at NAMM was a joke.

[Zymondo]

First Odyssey was the white one . . . LOVED that synth. Sold it 'cause it started falling apart . . . that was a long time ago. I've got GForce on a few Macs and they're great too ! I think it's more about how well you know your synth to get the most out of it. Hardware-wize I had Micro, Multi, Mini, Poly Moogs, Korgs, Rolands and more... I always enjoyed having a variety of "flavors" in the audio arsenal... real ear candy ! I also use other softsynths... GForce makes a great MiniMonsta, String Machine, ImpOSCar (I & 2), M-Tron and the M-Tron Pro (these sound as bad as the originals LOL... had two of them over the years), M1, UniVox. A multitude of Hammons & Leslies, Rhoads, ARP String Ensamble and so much more... Then again... back in the 80's a friend of mine had a CZ101 he cut some smokin'tracks with. My point might be: USE WHAT'CHA GOT!!!

[ryandunlap]

Dave, you are one brilliant engineer. I've been a loyal user from almost day one, and ugh, what I wouldn't give to sit down and talk signal processing and EE with you...

[Digiphex]

The original seems more out of control, thus creating more harmonics overall. Corporate decisions like tiny keys really make you wonder about who made the decision and their sanity.

[narudh]

man now this is a proper comparison (which is EXTREMELY close) ... the magic of level matching

[Matthewsavant]

Very nice comparison and very fair. Other people comparing clones with the originals should take notes because 90% of the time they don’t dial in the sounds to make a true comparison they always copy the patch without taking into account the difference in fader or knob size etc

[favoriteblueshirt]

Masterclass, thank you Dave. Could watch this stuff for hours.

[NicholasBryantBonzaiSequoias]

Regarding mini-keys.. as an MS-20 mini owner (and Yamaha VSS-30 + PSS-51) they take a little adjustment when used with regular keyboards, but the muscle memory soon gets used to it!
I would rather use MIDI keyboard and have the mini-keyboard removed making space for a second LFO, 2 SQ-1 sequencers and patch points for third option on each switch. Outputs from LFO, Osc. 1+2 Sq + Saw, S/H, EGs.. maybe a special edition Korg?

[wademontague]

Owning a shed load of analogue gear myself, I like the time you took to go through its peculiarities and specific architecture

[polyneux]

Well, I'm going to have to say Korg did a spectacular job on this iconic reproduction. Yes, there are very minor differences but so slight I don't honestly see how there would be any noticeable difference after multitracking and processing. The more narrow keys "might" be a little problematic for me personally as I have large hands but, I think I can get over that looking at the price differences between an original and this one.

[teddymartyn]

thanks for doing this but did you not hear that the two synths were slightly out of tune?
interested to know, I mean when you were comparing between the two, the tuning was slightly off and it was throwing me from being able to compare them in me ed.

[projectptube]

im not hearing any differences in the ring mods here on my Focal monitors.

[tribalantidote]

Nice to hear you mention Gary Numan buddy, he's one of my main reasons for wanting an odyssey.It features all over his albums from Telekon (1980) up until Berserker Ordered my mk 111 today ;-)

[Shred_The_Weapon]

This may not be an original issue synthesizer, but that shouldn't matter. Having owned (and turned away) a pre-owned Axxe Mark II with that abysmal, protruding keyboard, the uppermost A key of which was damaged, I can proudly say that I would sooner have a "ballpark" interpretation that hasn't got that firetrap keyboard. You were right when you remarked about how significant it is to have a brand new version of the Odyssey for this generation.

My microKorg XL has even smaller keys. I've played whole jobs with that synth alone (of course, I play guitar mainly). The size of the keys isn't an issue for me in choosing the module over this version. It's that I've got too many keyboards.

[cresshead]

In the coming indepth review It would be cool to have a 3 way comparison at some point in the video as prospective buyers looking for the "ARP sound" will be looking on ebay for a vintage one, looking at the slim key re issue from Korg and also looking at the software version from Geforce software.